IVF-Baby Jones

Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to be a mommy. It never crossed my mind I’d be the girl who couldn’t get pregnant, month after month it still breaks me. Why I am broken, why was I chosen for this heart breaking journey?

I’ve been married to my amazing husband working on 5 years now. We got married back in November 2015. After the wedding I moved to North Carolina where not even 2 months later he left for his first deployment. After 6 long months he was back in my everyday life, we were ready to start growing our family.

Come December 2016 our prayers were answered. I was pregnant!! We were over the moon as anyone would be. Unfortunately come January 2017 we ended up losing the pregnancy and we were heart broken. We had to move on and keep trying.

August 2018 we moved back to Texas and start planning the rest of our life after the military. With it being over a year since our miscarriage we decided to take the first step in truly trying to conceive. October 2018 I made an appointment at an OB and started all the fun testing. After months of testing and waiting, there was nothing found and we were referred to a specialist. I was unable to comprehend something could actually be wrong. We are young, good health, we have our life on a great path.  This will work, let’s keep trying on our own.

Come July 2019 I was a mess, I needed answers. So I went on and scheduled an appointment with Texas Fertility Center. The day of my first appointment I was ready for easy answers. After this appointment we left with a bomb we weren’t expecting. The doctor has found a golf ball size cyst on my right ovary. After this, we processed with scheduling surgery for the end of August.

Once the surgery was over we were filled with so much hope. The doctor had told us the outcome of the surgery was great and by the look of it I had the cyst my entire life and that it was the cause of my infertility and pregnancy loss in the past. He was optimistic this would be the fix for everything we were hoping for.

Nearing the end of October 2019. I received a call from the doctor checking up after 2 months post-surgery. Surprised with my news of no pregnancy. We made another appointment. At this point we were on the fertility treatment road.

First attempt of treatment was a semi medicated IUI with Clomid (Pill) for 5 days. I had my first IUI was on November 6th. Outcome-Negative.

Second attempt was a little different. Doctor wanted to try a double IUI. What this mean is I would receive two IUI treatments back to back for a higher chance. As well as start inject-able hormones including a trigger shot for a higher chance. This was done December 6th and 7th. Outcome- Negative, Also now fighting off 6 cyst between among both ovaries that appeared due to the extra hormones injections.

So now I sit here heart broken, not sure where to go from here. Not willing to give up. Running low on funds and strength, we turn to our families and loved ones.

Next steps are to move onto IVF. This will consist with another minor surgery and more hormone injections.

We thank you for taking the time to read this, I know we have so far to go but as I look back over the past couple years. I am thankful for every step and thankful for my amazing husband who has been by my side every step of the way. We still have quite a journey ahead of us but we will get to the end of this heartache and I know everything will be worth the wait. The past several years have been very exhausting. These times have tested our relationship and our patience. We are simply asking that in a time where everything has been so hard you help us make things easier.